Even though Aston Villa arrived in Barcelona with a perfect record in the current Champions League campaign, the clash with the Catalans was the first challenging test for Unai Emery's crew, as they had easily brushed aside Club Brugge, Fenerbahce, and Viking.It was indeed a challenging test for the Spanish tactician and his lads, and they failed. The Catalans ran riot at Camp Nou and comfortably defeated the Birmingham side – 3-0.🚨🚨🔵🔴 BARCELONA DOMINATE ASTON VILLA IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE! 🤯🔥 🏆 FULL-TIME: BARCELONA 3-0 ASTON VILLA! ⚽️ RAPHINHA — BRACE! 🇧🇷 ⚽️ LAMINE YAMAL — ON THE SCORESHEET! 🇪🇸✨ Three goals. A clean sheet. A STATEMENT PERFORMANCE! 💥 https://t.co/cXnWAd97QU— Bright Talk Sport (@BrightTalkSport) November 3, 2026 Lamine Yamal broke the deadlock just seven minutes into the game, and even though Barca dominated the game, the Villans were lucky to await the break with only a one-goal deficit.Nevertheless, Raphinha's 12-minute blitzkrieg and his goals in the 52nd and 64th minutes definitely sealed the visitors' fate and secured Barcelona a comfortable victory.Barcelona decided to sell Balde23 – Máximos goleadores del Barcelona en la @ChampionsLeague: 120 – Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 25 – Luis Suárez 🇺🇾 23 – Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱 23 – RAPHINHA 🇧🇷 Consolidación 💪.— OptaJose (@OptaJose) November 3, 2026 Thanks to this triumph, the Catalans returned to winning ways after losing to Paris Saint-Germain three weeks ago and now sit in second place.Aston Villa are just one spot below, though the standings will change significantly, as a number of teams with nine, seven, or six points will play their fourth-round games tomorrow.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEMatchday 4TuesdayGalatasaray – Stuttgart 2-0 (2-0)/Batrakov 12, 15/Shakhtar Donetsk – Sporting Lisbon 0-1 (0-0)/Doumbia 59/Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich 0-2 (0-0)/Karl 54, Laimer 74/Barcelona – Aston Villa 3-0 (1-0)/Yamal 7, Raphinha 52, 64/Bodo/Glimt – Lille 0-0Feyenoord – Inter Milan 0-3 (0-2)/Bisseck 8, Esposito 34, Zielinski 54/LASK – Slovan Bratislava 4-0 (3-0)/Molgaard Jorgensen 19, 37, Ljubicic 44, Adeniran 48/Manchester United – Roma 3-2 (0-2)/Fernandes 58 pen, Cunha 83, 86 – Soule 11, Malen 17 pen/Villarreal – PSG 0-6 (0-4)/Neves 9, Doue 12, Mayulu 13, Ruiz 17, 50, Boly 78/Wednesday20.45: (12.0) AEK Athens (7.50) Real Madrid (1.22)20.45: (5.40) Fenerbahce (5.00) Liverpool (1.52)23.00: (1.70) Borussia Dortmund (4.20) Real Betis (4.30)23.00: (3.00) Lens (4.00) Como (2.15)23.00: (2.10) PSV (4.20) Club Brugge (2.95)23.00: (1.97) Porto (3.80) Napoli (3.50)23.00: (4.90) RB Leipzig (5.20) Manchester City (1.57)23.00: (11.0) Slavia Prague (6.25) Arsenal (1.25)23.00: (1.42) Viking (5.00) Sabah Baku (6.25)***odds are subject to change***
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